Boxing in 2006-What were you grateful for?

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Not the best year I have ever seen but what are some of the positives you take from the year, here are a few of mine.


Manny Pacquiao-how rare is it for an elite fighter to consistently knock out other elite fighters, pretty ****in rare, thank god for Manny, he is truly the poster boy for our beloved sport, yes Manny not Floyd!

GoldenBoyPromotions-What a year they had, I cant imagine how far reaching their stable will be after 2007 but Don King is becoming extinct and Bob Arum is right behind him. Network Television is only a matter of time with this companies aggressive vision-which would be the best gift of all!

Jim Lampley-Yes Jim Lampley, did anyone catch Jim filling in for Fran Charles the other night on BAD, not dissing on Fran but wasnt that nice? His voice is championship boxing and he may get it wrong sometimes but his voice and presence always I mean always makes it an event, I love you Jim!

Edison Miranda-Boxing and the middleweight division needed a ruthless take no prisoners puncher like this, it is about time-he has turned himself into MUST SEE TV!

Calzaghe's Big W-It wasnt long ago that almost the ENTIRE boxing public was predicting not a vicotry for Jeff Lacy but a complete annihilation, Joe was as good as a fighter can possibly be and after years of taking tons of **** from friends and posters I was finally able to say "I told you so", this fan just hopes thats not the end of the road for the challanged matchmaker.

Wlad Klitchko-If there is a division to **** on its obviously the HW's but there could be a bright spot emerging. A win over Peter and two crushing KO victories over Byrd and Brock make him easily the man to beat, couple that with a shaky chin and you have yourself one exciting fighter, nice work Wlad youve put together a nice little comeback when many including myself thought you were all but dead!

160-175-Talk about getting loaded, there is so much god damn talent from 160-175 I could cum! I cant wait to see how some of these mathcups play out in the coming year, I guaran****intee ya it is gonna be alot of fun too watch.

Ricky Hatton-I know I know he struggled and was nearly iced against Luis Collazo but regardless of how he faires over here in the states the point is that this kid is a fighter and he crossed the pond to prove it. How many fighters leave a comfort zone like the one Ricky enjoyed? No one does and win or lose Im a Ricky Hatton fan and you should be too!

Carlos Baldomir-I heard alot of folks say the reason why they liked the contender series so much was because it dove into the fighters personal lives. I got news for those folks if they think Sergio Mora, Alphonso Gomez, Peter Manfredo etc have fun stories to tell they obviously havent met Mr. Baldomir who has truely gone from rags to riches in the course of one calendar year. He still has fight left in him if matched correctly-heres hoping to one more big payday for the Cinderella Man!

What/Who were you grateful for in 2006?

[RAESAAD]

I think you pretty much hit it all on the head........

I would like to give an honorable mention to The Winky/Taylor fight which was a very good and entertaining fight and I am sure better than most expected.

Also glad that Floyd/Zab finally came off even tho it was a ****ty fight at least it is out of the way........BTW Zab dropped Floyd early yall remember that.

[PATO 1]

for pbf-dlh signin to fight

grateful for clottey bringin down the hype on margo

grateful calzaghe took 1 step forward an 2 back with followin lacy up with bika an manfredo

grateful wlad ****ed brock up

im grateful to b-hop for his retirement (imo) performance

[Shanus]

I can't say I disagree with any of that.. overall it's been a good year for boxing, alot has changed since 2005.

[SquareCircle]

we got to see miranda develop a good bit

and we also got to see wlad prove a little more to the public that he is the man

the first fight of 06 that I was grateful for was when Ednar Cherry fought Santa Cruz on Shobox earlier this year, that was a good fight.

then liakhovich and brewster gave a hell of a fight.

[loui_ludwig]

I am thankful for:

-Manny Pacquiao, beating Morales twice and Larios.
-Dela Hoya beating Mayorga and also that its official that the Golden Boy will face the Pretty Boy next year.
-BHOP shutting up the Legend Killer.
-Baldomir, even though he lost to Pretty Boy, an underdog who beat Judah and Gatti.
-Rocky 7, enough said.

[cortdawg25]

for pbf-dlh signin to fight

grateful for clottey bringin down the hype on margo

grateful calzaghe took 1 step forward an 2 back with followin lacy up with bika an manfredo

grateful wlad ****ed brock up

im grateful to b-hop for his retirement (imo) performance

Amen to the bold print!!!

[King Koyle]

Im grateful for.....

-Versus(OLN) picking up boxing,and giving us a few great fights.
-The careers of Erik Morales,Arturo Gatti,&Fernando Vargas.
-The HBO commentary team(sometimes irritating,but always funny as hell IMO)
-The excitement that guys like Miranda,Pac,& Guzman brought.
-The end of the silly Margarito hype(Good call guys).
-Juan Manuel Marquez(gave us some exciting fights this year).
-World class boxing returning to Boston this year.

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

the beating of cheato
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[King Koyle]

the beating of cheato
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yeah yeah snarfy snarf

That was last year.....